Tornado data and infographics
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Where do tornadoes happen? Exploring through data analysis
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This presentation can be used to engage students to learn about the geography of tornadoes through data.
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Where do tornadoes happen?
Exploring through data analysis
Teacher Notes
• These slides can be incorporated in classroom instruction in different ways:– Class discussion– Interactive group activities • Consider writing the questions on butcher paper.
Having students write their answers and compare.• Split students into groups and have them work together
answer questions
• See the notes section of each slide for additional questions
Credit: NOAA
Credit: NOAA
Which two states have the highest number of tornadoes per year per 10,000 sq miles?
Which two states have the highest number of tornadoes per year per 10,000 sq miles?
Answer: Texas and Oklahoma
What is the name of the area where most tornadoes occur?
Notice that the location with the highest number of thunderstorms does not match with the highest number of tornadoes. Why don’t the location of highest number of thunderstorms correlate to the location of the highest number of tornadoes?
eo.ucar.edu/webweather/maps.html
Tornado Alley: South central plains of the United States
Credit: NOAA, UCAR Center for Science Education
Credit: NOAA
Credit: NOAA
Credit: New York Times
Wrap-up
• What patterns did you notice in the datasets?• Did you notice any correlations between the
datasets?• Were there any areas that you expected to find
correlations, where in fact, there were not correlations?
• What surprised you about these datasets? • What additional information would be useful to
see represented as a visual dataset?
